Wireworking-tool.



No. 692,282. Patented Fab. 4, I902.

B. 0. HARGROVE.

WIRE WORKING TODL.

(Application fl led Oct. 1, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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W'TATES BENJAMIN O. HARGROVE, OF MERKEL, TEXAS.

WIREWORKING-TOOL.

sPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,282, dated February 4, 1902. Application filed October 1,1901. Serial No. 77,244. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LBENJAMIN O.HAReRovE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Merkel, in the county of Taylor and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Wireworking-Tool, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a wireworkingtool particularly adapted for use in twisting wire-ties around posts and over runners, draw ing staples, and cutting wire; and the aim and purpose of the same is to provide a simple and effective device of this class which may be quickly applied, easily operated to carry out the several functions for which it is designed, strong and durable, and cheap in the cost of manufacture.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a side elevation of the improved device, partially in section and also broken through in part. Fig. 2 represents a top plan view thereof.

Similar reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

The numeral 1 designates a support having a bore 2, extending therethrough in a longitudinal direction from one end to the other, and a depending outwardly-extending leg 3 at its outer end,whicl1 is adapted to be gripped by the operator or placed against the ground to form a rest or brace, it being understood that in the latter arrangement the lower end of said leg will contact with the ground-surface. The lower end of the leg 3 is formed with a claw 4 for removing staples, the said leg being reversed or turned upwardly to engage the staple, and during such operation the support 1 will be grasped and used to properly apply the claw and force out the staple. At the inner end of the support is a rearwardly extending downwardly curved f ulcrum-arm 5, having a terminal fork or yoke 6 to embrace a portion of a fence-post to provide an inner brace.

Within the bore 2 a spindle '7 is rotatably mounted and has an inner double spiral terminal 8 for engaging the ends of wire-ties and twisting the latter by a rotation of the spindle. On the outer end of the spindle is an integral disk head 9, which is disposed in such manner as to have its opposite flat faces parallel with the longitudinal plane of the spindle, the said head having rectangular notches l0. Applied to one side of the head is another similar head ll, which is pivotally connected to rotate on the head 9 and has an operating crank or handle 12 secured thereto. The head 11 is also formed with rectangular notches 13 to coact with the notches 10 of the head 9 to thereby form wire-cutting means, the Wire to be cutbeinginserted in the notches l0 and 13 after the latter are transversely alined by rotating the head 11 through the medium of the crank or handle 12 and then causing the notches 10 to sever the wire in a manner which will be readily understood.

In applying the device to twist a tie-wire the fork or yoke 6 of the fulcrum-arm 5 is braced against the fence-post to which said tie is to be secured. The tie-terminals are then temporarily secured in the spiral terminal 8 of the spindle, and the latter is rotated by turning the crank or handle 12 in a circle. After the tie is sufficiently twisted the terminal Sis disengaged therefrom by withdrawing the wire-terminals outwardly.

The improved device will be constructed of any suitable metal, and its use will greatly facilitate fence building or repair and being of compact and comparatively light form can be easily and conveniently handled and transported from place to place.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of a support, a spindle rotatably mounted in said support and having a wire-engaging device at one end and a fixed disk head on the opposite end, said disk head being provided with notches, another disk head pivotally applied to said fixed head and also provided with notches, and a crank-handle attached to said pivoted head and adapted to rotate the spindle.

2. The combination of a support having a fulcrum-arm with a yoke-terminal at its inner end and also provided with an outerleg havingaterminal claw,aspindle rotatably mounted in said support and having a wire-engaging device at one end and a fixed disk head on the opposite end provided with notches,. another disk head pivotally applied against able portion of the Wire-cutting mechanism and operated in a vertical plane to actuate said mechanism and also in a circular plane to rotate the spindle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN O. HARGROVE.

Witnesses:

W. H. DUNNING, W. N. M. GRINMET. 

